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Green Energy Today
The most popular form of Green Energy today is Solar Energy with an estimated 700 GW (gigawatts) of annual capacity globally.
Here's a rough estimate of the global capacity for each of these forms of green energy:
- Solar Energy: 700 GW (gigawatts)
- Wind Energy: 600 GW
- Hydro Energy: 1,200 TWh (terawatt-hours)
- Geothermal Energy: 12 GW
- Biomass Energy: 60 GW
1 GW is equal to approximately 8.76 TWh
These numbers are constantly changing as new projects come online and technology improves.
Sources: BloombergNEF, Wood Mackenzie, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), International Energy Agency (IEA)